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Bill, we leave Sunday morning for home. We came here two other times 1998 and camped with my grandparents in their coach and again in 2014 in our coach, we loved it so much we came back this year. Today is a relaxation day, gonna smoke a turkey on the Traeger and sit back. Rest of the week.... Dollywood (one day), Gatlinburg and probably wander around Pigeon Forge, shop etc. Most likely drop the top on the jeep and head up into the Smokey Mountains for the views at some point also.

Arrived at Anchor down RV resort tonight in Dandridge TN (near Pigeon Forge) all I have to say is WOW is this place nice! I will post photos tomorrow in the gallery.

Obedb, sounds nice! We are considering NY as a trip for next season, will have to check that one out.

Bill, you will never be done. My DW was mentioning all of the little things she wants to do to ours on the drive today from New Orleans to Tennessee. we've had this coach since May 2014. As I check off the list she adds more . I guess it's ok, as long as we don't do what we did with the last one, just finished it up paid it off and she wanted to trade it in.

Herman, I agree! I hope it continues trending this way and always goes full circle.

Carl, next trip across I will ask for the list. Good to know.

Bill, keep us posted, I'm curious what you find.

Understood. That looks nice. Let us know how you make out with it.

Bill, is the hose rubber or plastic? If rubber look closely at it, consider replacing. If plastic just pull the bags. Rubber could be partially blocked, just a thought. If you have the hula skirt type of protectors in front of them and you find them on the web send me the link, mine are thinning and need to be replaced.

Every time we have crossed the panhandle I eat at the Big Texan and stay at the CG down the street. I do agree, when we're at a CG the departure is always later.

Daveglynn, what happened to total both? Glad you and your wife are OK!

Mike if you have your heart set on one. This place has one for sale. It's not on their website but sitting in the lot. Looks like a 40' maybe 1998 allegro bus. http://www.appleautosales.com/search.html

Blake, mine did catch fire on electric. The fridge I have the only mod was I removed the wheels from under it and notched my opening where the upper hinge mounts to the top of the fridge so it sat in deeper. I only have the central vac under mine but I didn't feel like moving the floor for one of the other units.

Bill so there is a T at the leveling valve to distribute air evenly to both sides? If that's the case I would start looking closer at the bags, maybe pull them and physically inspect them. Could also be a problem with the air line connection collapsing on one so the other is carrying more of the weight. I also have an 8 bag chassis, I'm assuming yours is similar, I found replacement bags cheap on the web. If I find the link I will post it. If you dig around I did post it before on here.

Bill 8 bag system....correct? Or did I miss read? crawl under after you safely support it. Nose around and see how it all works. Report back what you find. Bring a spray bottle with soapy water along.

Bill, one valve controls all front bags if that is how yours is designed. since most leveling valves only have a line in and a line out. Do you have air leveling? If so I suspect that is where your problem is. I have a manifold on the right side of the coach in the back portion behind the front axle with solenoids that controls all 4 corners If you have air leveling call whom ever made the system. Hopefully it's HWH, their tech support is amazing. if air leveling can you manually raise that side with the controls?

Get it fixed up? What was it? Always glad to help.

You got the hot set up!! I may do that with the next one. I can engineer it for durability, not bling and watch it break all the time.

When we bought this one it was 12, I was told the only way to finance over 10 is above average credit score. Anything over 15 forget it, lots of money down and above average credit score. Beyond that.... forget about it. I had my heart set on a 1998 Country Coach Intrigue. One owner garage kept 70,000 miles and it looked like it had never been used. The guy built street rods, owned the business. Couldn't get it financed unless I put 80% down. The basement door jambs were polished. It looked like it belonged in a show, man did I want that coach!! anyway, I would take an older one over a newer one, they were built better and simpler. Both equal less problems in my eyes and when a problem arises, simple to fix. By the way Good Morning!

Bill got you covered. Laporte Tire service, 11011 W Fairmont Pkwy, La Porte, TX 77571 Has them at their warehouse, can have them this afternoon, call Cliff at 281-471-3541 Michelin product code 85335 here is the tire; http://www.michelinrvtires.com/tires/selector/#!/info/xze

Bill, just got a return phone call. She is placing a few calls to see what is in inventory down that way and maybe make something happen. I did learn something interesting. Michelin owns BF Goodrich, the tires are the same, made in the same plant just branded different. Food for thought if you wanted to go that route, I am certainly looking into that for an option for me down the road.

Bill, we have a national account with Michelin at work. I just emailed my rep and left her a message to see if she could intervene and make something happen. Not sure if she can help but I figured it was worth a shot. When I hear back I will let you know. That is not an uncommon size at all, I'm rather surprised you are having difficulty locating them. We run them on the steer axles on quite a few trucks in the North East. Safe to assume you want an XZE tread for the steer?

Interesting, Did they make you perform an air brake system check or will they require it? That has always been the hardest for most to grasp. Well that and after you go under a bridge and they ask you what that bridge clearance back there was , that is the face I made and guessed it, got lucky on that guess . PA is a Class B NON Commercial (as long as you are towing less than 10,000lbs if more you need a Class A non commercial). Everything is the same as the commercial although they seem to be more relaxed and forgiving on non commercial.

Tom, once again your post has intrigued me. I share these with my wife often and we discuss places to toss into our bucket for when the time comes. I hope these will be around for folks to read for years to come. They have inspired me to look at everything there is to do in each state or providence, had I not read your post or you were kind enough to take the time to write it I would have had no idea it existed. Thank you

Ricky, Brett and Wayne are spot on! Keep in mind if the officer thinks you make money with your race car, horses or what ever you are pulling based off of what he or she observes you will have a lot of explaining to do to a judge and just might require a DOT number IFTA (fuel tax sticker)on the coach and a CDL. Happened to my previous employer's wife and kids in VA a few years back pulling a horse trailer after winning prize money at an event with a motorhome, sponsor on the trailer side wall. She got flagged into a weight station and it all went sour from there. Some states require it on all vehicles over a certain weight. Up here its not real common but also not uncommon to see a travel trailer (with either hitch design) stopped by DOT when the pulling truck has a business name on the door i.e. Joe the plumber etc, you are just the flip side of that scenario.